Cigar-filler-forming mechanism.



V. E. HANSEN.

CIGAR FILLER F ORMING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION msb JULY 19, 19w.

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CIGAR F I LLER FORMING MECHANISM. -APPL|CATION FILED JULY 19. I915.

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UNITED s'rarss PATENT oiuuon.

VICTOR EMILIU'S HANSEN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL CIGAR MACHINERY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR'-FILLER-FORMING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 19, 1915; Serial No. 40,648.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VICTOR EMILIUs Han- SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of I then assemble the sub-sections into a filler.

The present invention is particularly designed for use in connection with machines of the type disclosed in the above patent when a cigar is to be made which does not require built up filler sections.

It is to be understood, of course, that the present invention may be employed in cigar machines other than that disclosed in the patent above referred to.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a machine in which the filler section is trimmed in such a manner as to put it in shape for rolling into a'cigar bunch having one or both ends tapered. the main body of the bunch being substantially uniform in diameter.

The invention consists in certain combinations and constructions which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and which like characters of reference indicate the same or like parts, Figure 1. is a view in elevation of a device constructed in accord.- ance with the invention, 2 is an .en larged detail view, partlyin section, of a part of the structure shown Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the structure'shown in Fig. 2; and F 1 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the parts in a different position.

In carrying the invention into effect, there is provided means for supporting a filler section, means for trimming one or both ends of the filler section to prepare it for rolling into a cigar bunch having one or two tapered ends, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism. In the best constructions, a table is provided for supporting the filler section and oneor more reciprocatory re'e'ntrant angular knives c0- operating with the table for trimming one or both ends of the filler section. There is further provided one or more chutes, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the table into the chute or chutes. All of the above means and mechanisms may be varied within wide limits. The particular device Selected to illustrate the invention is but one of many possible concrete embodiments of the same, and the invention therefore is not to be limited to the precise details of the structure shownand described.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the main frame of a cigar machine which may be of the type shown in the patent above referred to. This frame supports a table 2, upon which filler section may be placed either by mechanism similar in construction and operation to that shown in the patent above referred to, or by other mechanism, or by hand. There is further provided a crosshead 3 carried by, two upright bars 1-4: which may be suitably supported in the main frame of The machine, as for instance in the way they are supported in the machine shown in'the patent above referred to; and they may be cam operated in the same manner, so that they have a reciprocatory motion vertical planes. A description of the specific mechanism for operating this cross-head is not necessary to a full understanding of the present invention and is therefore omitted in the interest of brevity. The crosshead carries a pair of reentrant angular knives 5 mounted in blocks 6 which are bolted to the cross-head- 3 before referred,

to. Mounted inconnection with the knives 5 are automatically acting spring pressed clearance plungers 7, a the operating faces of which normally lie in a lower plane than the cutting ed e of the knife, sothat as the knifedescends, theplunger engages the filler section before knife reaches it and thereafter holds it firmly in place While the ri m ng is ff cte A t r th mming is Patented July 18, 1916. i

effected and the knife retreats, the plunger resumes its normal position. By an inspection of Figs. 2 and 4, the action of these plungers will be clearly understood.

It will be readily understood that when a cigar is to be made having only one end tapered, one of the knives 5 and its supporting block (3 will be omitted; and it will also be readily understood that the employment of a reentrant angular knife for effecting the trimming of one end of a filler section results in the removal of a part of the tobacco from the end of the section, so that when the filler section is rolled into a bunch, the bunch will have a tapered end. Knives of this kind are well known in the art and a further description of this part of the mechanism is deemed unnecessary and is therefrom omitted in the interest of brevity.

Located at either side of the table 2 is a chute 8 into which the ends trimmed off from the filler section resting upon the table may be ejected. This ejection, in the machine selected to illustrate the invention, is effected by means of a pair of rakes 9 each having a reentrant angular edge 10 adapted to fit the reentrant angular knife 5. The under side of each rake is roughened at 11 to provide a gripping surface for the trimmings separated from the filler section by the knives 5. Each rake 9 is pivotally connected to radius bars 12 and 13, which in turn are pivotally connected at 1 1 with a block 15 secured to the cross-head 3 before referred to and of course movable with said cross-head. The radius bar 12 is provided with a post 16 and to this post is secured one end of a spring 17 and one end of a spring 18. The opposite end of the spring 17 is secured to a post 19 fast in the cross-head 3 before referred to. The opposite end of the spring 18 is secured to a post 20 which is secured to one end of the rake 9. Threaded into the radius bar 12 is an adjusting screw 21 adapted for intermittent engagement with a stop plate 22 screwed to the block 15 before referred to, to limit the movement of the radius bars produced by the action of the spring 17. Screwed into the radius bar 12 is a second adjusting stop screw 23 adapted for intermittent contact with the post 20, its function being to limit the relative movement of the radius bars and rake produced by the spring 18.

The rake 9 is provided with upstanding end of the spring being secured to a post 36 carried by the rocker 28, the normal action of the spring 35 being to pull the rocker 23 toward the rake 9.

The parts are shown in their normal position in Fig. 1, and by an inspection of that figure, it will be seen that the rockers 28 with their bowls 31 are above the cams 32 and the rakes 9 are in engagement with the trimming knives 5. As the cross-head 3 descends, the bowls 31 come in contact with the operating edges of the cams 32 and the rockers 28 are tilted back until the parts reach the position shown in Fig. 2. At this time the bowls pass under the lower edge of the cams 32 and the points of the rakes are then in contact with the tobacco trimmed from the filler section. As the cross-head 3 retreats or moves upward, the engagement of the bowls 31 with the cams 32 moves the rakes 99 apart or away from each other until they reach the position shown in Fig. 4. The result effected by this movement is the ejection of the trimmed ends from the table into the chutes 8, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. A further upward movement of the cross-head 3 results in returning the parts to normal position.

In the drawings there are illustrated cer tain parts to which reference characters have not been applied. These parts illus trate parts of the machine used to illustrate the machine in the patent above referred to and since a description of the same is not necessary to a full understanding of the present invention, it is omitted in the interest of brevity.

In view of the foregoing, a detailed description of the operation of the device is deemed unnecessary and is therefore omitted in the interest of brevity.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section of means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

2. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of means comprising simultaneously acting devices for trimming both ends of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having tapered ends, and means comprising simultaneously acting devices for ejecting the trimmings at both ends of said section from the mechanism.

3. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with a table for supporting a filler section, of means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

4. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler-section, of a chute adjacent the supporting means, means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rOlling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means for ejecting the trimmings into the chute. I

5. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of a knife for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

6. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of a reentrant angular knife for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

7. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the

ing knives for trimming both ends of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having tapered ends, and means comprising simultaneously acting devices for ejecting the trimmings at both ends of said section from the mechanism.

9. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and means carried by the trimming means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

10. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, and a rake and operating connections for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism.

11. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of means comprising separate devices for trimming the ends of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having tapered ends, means comprising separate devices for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism, and a cross-head supporting the trimming devices and the ejecting devices.

12. Ina cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting. a filler section, of means comprising separate devices for trimming the ends of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having tapered ends, means comprising separate devices for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism, and a reciprocatory crosshead supporting the trimming devices and the ejecting devices.

13. In a cigar filler forming mechanism, the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of means for trimming one end of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having a tapered end, means carried by the trimming means for ejecting the trimmings from the mechanism, and a stationary cam for operating the ejecting means.

14. In a cigar filler forming mechanism,

the combination with means for supporting a filler section, of a plurality of simultaneously acting knives for trimming the ends of said section to prepare it for rolling into a bunch having tapered ends, ejecting means comprising separate devices movable with the trimming knives, and separate stationary cams in the path of movement of and for operating the ejecting means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VICTOR EMILIUS HANSEN.

Witnesses:

SYDNEY I. Pnnscor'r, ELIZABETH LOUISE RUssELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

